Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization of Data-Driven Scientfic Workflows

Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization of Data-Driven Scientific Workflows By SVEN K OHLER Dipl.-Inf. (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany) 2005 M.S. (University of California, Davis) 2011 DISSERTATION Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in COMPUTER SCIENCE in the OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES of the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Approved: Professor Bertram Lud¨ascher, Chair Professor Todd J. Green Professor Vladimir Filkov Committee in Charge i